LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition [indented].
Louth.
11 April 1439.
[
Haweley].
Jurors:
William
Foyster
,
Ralph
Caylesthorp [ms torn]
,
Robert
Caylesthorp
, and
William
Eman
of Louth;
John
Smyth
and
John
Bekeryng
of South Elkington;
Stephen
Parkehous
of
Grainthorpe;
William
Hagham
of North or South Cockerington (Cokeryngton);
William
Raynald
of Manby;
William
Wryght
and William Freynde of Calcethorpe;
William
Flowre
of
Raithby;
John
Flowre
of Maltby;
Richard
Howet
of Alvingham; and
William
Clerk
of
Fotherby.
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other. Long before his
death, he was seised of the following manor, lands, and tenements.
Barton-Upon-Humber,
the manor called ‘Bayhous Maner’, held of
John
Beaumond
by fealty for all service. There
is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 11 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 4
tofts, each worth 4d. yearly; 20 bovates, worth 40s. yearly; 31 a. meadow, worth 10s.
yearly; and 7s. 10d. service rent yearly by the hand of tenants.
Barton-Upon-Humber,
South Ferriby, Worlaby, and Goxhill, 2 messuages, 2 1/2 bovates, and 31 a. meadow, annual
value 40s., and 4s. 6d. service rent yearly by the hand of tenants, held of the
prior of
Elsham
, service unknown.
He enfeoffed
Walter
Tailboys of Goltho, esquire
, son of Walter
Tailboys, knight, master
John
Southam
, master
John
Marsshall
,
John
Tailboys of
Stallingborough, esquire
, and
John
Langholm
of Conisholme, all still living, and
John
Byngham
, lately of Barton-Upon-Humber, and
Walter
Sturmy, lately vicar of Thornton
, both
now deceased, with the manor, lands, and tenements, to have to them and their heirs.
They were thus seised and have continued in their estate until now.
Long before his
death, he was similarly seised of the following manor, lands, and tenements in demesne
as of fee.
Killingholme, the manor, held of
Geoffrey
Whytgyft
, service unknown. There is
the site, worth nothing yearly; 12 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 20 crofts, each
worth 12d. yearly; 130 bovates, each worth 14d. yearly; 276 a. meadow, each acre worth
2d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, worth 10s. yearly; a ‘Fysshbothe’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and
5s. service rent and 1lb cumin service rent yearly by the hand of tenants.
Killingholme, 4 messuages,
a croft, 14 bovates, 20 a. meadow, and 4 a. pasture, annual value 50s., held of the
abbot of Newsham
, service unknown.
He enfeoffed
Walter
Tailboys, Lord Kyme
,
John
Pygot
of Beelsby, knight
,
John
Tailboys
, and
Henry
Tailboys
, brothers of Walter,
Gilbert
Gastryk
, and
Robert
Forman
of Utterby, all still living, with the manor, lands, and
tenements, to have to them and their heirs. They were thus seised and have continued in
their estate.
He died on 12 January last. Gilbert, his son and next heir, is aged 21
years and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 8 May 1439.